About & Welcome
The JC Penny and the Sears camera catalogs of the 1950s initiated my interest in things photographic. Then an adolescent in Boonville, Missouri, I eagerly awaited November's free copies and perused their inviting pages for hours. Wanting more than my parent's box camera, in 1960 I purchased a Praktica FX2, an early 35mm SLR that I still display and admire.
This introduction, however, foreshadowed a problem, my seduction by the allure of photographic equipment. It took a long time to recognize the truth of a comment by noted Colorado landscape photographer John Fielder that a camera contributes to about 10% of a photograph's quality. Similarly, Brooks Jensen, editor of Lenswork, has said that a camera is to a photographer what a typewriter is to a writer. We live and learn.
Photography is just plain fun. From a first glance at a possible subject, to the software editing of an image for a screen or frame, its always a satisfying experience. Although I wish I had the confidence to more often photograph people, I favor landscapes, as evident here.
Welcome. Thank you for visiting, and I hope you enjoy what you see.
~ Don Fahrenbrink